MONSTERA DELICIOSA ‘CONTORTED FISH’

ORIGIN:

Flavio Cadegiani, São Paulo state, Brazil

CULTIVAR DESCRIPTION:

Growth Habit: Hemiepiphytic. Leaf Blade: The fish-bone leaf form, but clearly contorted in every leaf; three independent plants, in three separate pots, show identical leaves. Not variegated.

NOTES:

Registered on the IAS aroid cultivar registry. Accepted: Yes; Cultivar Type: Select Form of a Species; Originator: Flavio Cadegiani; Namer: Flavio Cadegiani. Name origin: the only Monstera known to the registrant with both the fish-bone leaf form and a contorted habit; the registrant's account calls it 'Fish Bone Contorted', and the registry's page address follows that form, but the accepted title is 'Contorted Fish'. As of September 2026 the entry is accepted but not yet published on the registry's site.

STORY:

STORY TITLE: A fish bone with a twist

Flavio Cadegiani discovered the plant in São Paulo state, Brazil, among a large production of ordinary Monstera deliciosa, where it arose as a natural and stable mutation, probably from seed. Its leaves have the fish-bone form of some deliciosa selections but are contorted as well, a trait present in every leaf; three independent plants, two of them already with several adult growing points in the same pot, carry identical leaves.¹

REFERENCES:

1. International Aroid Society Aroid Cultivar Registry: Monstera deliciosa 'Contorted Fish'

Flavio Cadegiani